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- A collection of facsimile letters, consisting of 256 sheets of watermarked paper reproducing the title page and 255 letters addressed to Theodore E. Steinway which formed an album created in 1953 honoring the centenary of the House of Steinway. The individual leaves are here laid loose in the sleeves of a binder. The original album from which this facsimile was produced was sold at auction circa the year 2000 and 3 sets of facsimiles of the letters were created by the new owner. The album was subsequently broken up and the pages sold separately. The album in in fine condition.,This set of facsimiles of the letters are being sold together with an original 10 inch by 8 inch vintage gelatin silver print of Franz Liszt with his famous student Alexander Siloti. The photograph was purchased at auction with other items from the Steinway collection. The top corners of the vintage photo are chipped with small pieces out and a tiny piece is out from the bottom right corner. A heavy crease along the left edge has been reinforced with archival linen tape from the verso. The verso of the photograph is soiled with an early glue stain. This striking image is in good condition. The album was sold at auction circa the year 2000 and 3 facsimiles of the letters were created by the new owner. The album was subsequently broken up and the pages sold separately. This is one of two sets of the facsimiles that are being offered for sale. This set is being sold with the Liszt-Siloti photograph. Another copy of this photo is on display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. It was inscribed to Gardner by Siloti in 1898. Siloti states that the photo was created in 1883. The photograph is the work of Liszt protege Louis Held (1851-1927). The Russian virtuoso pianist Alexander Siloti (1863-1945) was a student of Franz Liszt and is said to have been particularly proud of this photograph.Among the musicians included in the album are: Walter Piston, Fritz Reiner, Pablo Casals, Percy Grainger, Sammy Kaye, Cab Calloway, Samuel Barber (with a musical quotation), Lauritz Melchior, Morton Gould, Richard Rodgers, Wilhelm Kempff (with a musical quotation), Gerald Moore, Henry Cowell, Ernest Bloch, Count Basie, Gary Graffman, Ernest Krenek, Leon Fleisher, Egon Petri, Yehudi Menuhin, Eugene List, William Kapell, Isaac Stern, Gaby, Jean and Robert Casadesus (on one sheet with a musical quotation), Artur Rodzinski, Eileen Joyce, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Vladimir Horowitz, Hector Villa-Lobos, Rudolf Serkin, George Szell, Jascha Heifetz, Josef Hofmann, Shura Cherkassky, Myra Hess, Arthur Rubenstein, Alexander Tcherepnin ( with 6 musical quotations), Gina Bachauer, Fritz Kreisler, Bruno Walter, Jean Sibelius, Cole Porter, Gian Carlo Menotti, Gregor Piatigorsky, Xavier Cugat (with his self-portrait), Byron Janis, Arturo Toscanini, Wanda Landowska, Mischa Elman, Howard Hanson (with a musical quotation), and Solomon. Seller Inventory # 98026
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